The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989.

The men are currently serving life sentences at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, California. The brothers don't bunk together but are assigned to the same cell block – and staffers say the tight-knit twosome regularly socialize at lunch.

May 2023: Attorneys for the Menendez brothers ask the court to reconsider the conviction and sentence in light of new evidence from a former member of the boy band Menudo, who said he was raped by Jose Menendez when he was 14. In addition, they submit a letter that Erik wrote to his cousin about his father’s abuse before the killings.

The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, arguing that the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they killed their parents

Nathan Hochman, Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, asked to withdraw his predecessor’s request to resentence the Menendez brothers.

The new Los Angeles District Attorney has said he is opposed to the resentencing of imprisoned brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, insisting they needed to fully accept responsibility for the 1989 killings of their parents.